1. Department of Land Affairs
Vote 29
Presentation to the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs 19 June Annual Report /06 Presented by Mr Glen S Thomas Director-General

2. PURPOSE The purpose of this presentation:
To report on the Department’s performance in respect of the 2005/06
financial year.

3. CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION
Strategic Framework
2005/06 Operational performance per programme
2005/06 Financial performance
Challenges
Interventions

4. Strategic Framework

5. VISION An equitable and sustainable land dispensation that promotes social and economic development
MISSION
To provide access to land rights and extend rights in land, with particular emphasis on previously disadvantaged communities, within a well-planned enviroment.

6. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 1. Provision of access to land
2. Provision of rights in land
3. Effective land planning and information
4. Improvement of stakeholder relations

7. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES cont.
5. Promotion of intra-departmental excellence
6. Improvement and alignment of systems and processes

8. 2005/06 Operational Performance per programme

9. PROGRAMME 1: Administration (1)

10. PROGRAMME 1: Administration (2)

11. PROGRAMME 1: Administration (3)

12. PROGRAMME 1: Administration (4)

13. PROGRAMME 2: Surveys & Mapping (1)

14. PROGRAMME 2: Surveys & Mapping (2)

15. PROGRAMME 2: Surveys & Mapping (3)

16. PROGRAMME 2: Surveys & Mapping (4)

17. PROGRAMME 2: Surveys & Mapping (5)

18. PROGRAMME 3: Cadastral Surveys (1)

19. PROGRAMME 3: Cadastral Surveys (2)

20. PROGRAMME 3: Cadastral Surveys (3)

21. PROGRAMME 3: Cadastral Surveys (4)

22. PROGRAMME 4: Restitution(1)

23. PROGRAMME 4: Restitution (2)

24. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (1)

25. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (2)

26. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (3)

27. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (4)

28. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (5)

29. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (6)

30. PROGRAMME 5: Land Reform (7)

31. LAND DELIVERED SINCE 1994
Total:

32. PROGRAMME 6: Spatial Planning & Information (1)

33. PROGRAMME 6: Spatial Planning & Information (2)

34. PROGRAMME 6: Spatial Planning & Information (3)

35. PROGRAMME 6: Spatial Planning & Information (4)

36. PROGRAMME 7: Sub-Programme – Deeds Registration (1)

37. PROGRAMME 7: Sub-Programme – Deeds Registration (2)

38. PROGRAMME 7: Sub-Programme – Deeds Registration (3)

39. PROGRAMME 7: Sub-Programme – Deeds Registration (4)

40. PROGRAMME 7: Sub-Programme – Deeds Registration (5)

41. 2005/06 Financial Performance per programme

42. 2005/2006 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
PROGRAMME NAME
FINAL
APPROP.
ACTUAL EXPENDITURE
VARIANCE
VARIANCE AS
A % OF FINAL APPROP.
R’m
1 Administration
288
239 49
17.16%
2 Surveys and Mapping 84 73 11
13.45%
3 Cadastral Surveys 85 78 7
8.10%
4 Restitution
2,706 b
1,789 b
917
33.87%
5 Land Reform
705
645 60
8.49%
6 Spatial Planning and
Information 19 17 2
11.50%
7 Auxiliary and
Associated Services 10 6 4
40.97%
TOTAL
3,897 b
2,847 b
1,050 b
26,96%

43. Although the under spending is a cause for concern, this bar chart depicts that in real terms year on year expenditure has actually increased
73,04%
97,98%
97,19%
98,66%

44. Challenges facing the Department

45. CHALLENGES FOR RESTITUTION
High staff turnover
Development taking longer than the settlement process
High land cost based on market values in terms of the constitution
Un-surveyed and unregistered land rights (no title on land), this
requires detailed mapping and walking on the land with communities
Protracted negotiations with landowners and claimants
(Expropriation period of six months before finalization)
Community disputes, Traditional authorities’ jurisdictional issues as
well as disagreements with landowners (landowners disputing
validity of claims)
Incoherent land use practices and need for alignment of priorities –
i.e. communal and commercial land use practices

46. CHALLENGES FOR LAND REFORM
Escalating land prices on average between 14% and 19% in the past 10 years will have a big impact on the budget
Lack of specialized skills required in the sector to drive
massification programme
Poor level of alignment in the agrarian reform sector (public and private)
Willing buyer-willing seller – the state becomes the only buyer in the market and that affects its bargaining power.

47. Interventions

48. INTERVENTIONS Pro-active land acquisition strategy
ASGI-SA: Bio-fuels strategy
The approach of Area-based planning will contribute to the massification programme
New land delivery models currently being developed e.g. special purpose vehicle, agency agreements and developer models
Decentralization framework for fast tracking state land management and administration
Completed Business re-engineering processes to re-position the department to fast track delivery

49. I THANK YOU